It’s here – the first app from SOUNDS AROUND!
From the awe-inspiring savannah to the never-ending prairie – delve into an exciting panorama of animals and sounds. Artist Kristina Heldmann has conjured up a unique world of animals in her distinctive breezy style, while singer songwriter Erik Hibbert, bellows, roars, croaks, twitters and chirps for all he’s worth. And he has a story or two to tell about all the animals! A fantastic, interactive picture book for little explorers aged between 2 and 5!
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SOUNDS AROUND
The following SOUNDS AROUND apps have been released – or they are just about to be released very soon:
SOUNDS AROUND
The elephants snort and spray the frogs with water, the cheeky monkey pulls on the leopard’s tail – DING DONG! The lion family sees who can roar the loudest, Native Americans and an entire buffalo herd stampede past – OUCH, is that a rider falling from his horse? – and a cowboy sings a song by the campfire. With simple hand swipes, you can take a walk through the African savannah past the tree full of monkeys, all the way to the prairies of the Wild West. And you can bring 80 animals to life with the touch of a finger!
The charming scenes are accompanied by all the original animal sounds and the unmistakable voice of Erik. He effortlessly turns himself into a lion, elephant and troop of monkey and even knows the stories that cowboys tell each other around the campfire!
You can also read simple explanatory texts to find out more about the animals.
Play modes
Original animal sounds
Erik imitates the animal sounds
Erik tells you about the animals
Without sound, to make animal sounds yourself
Specifics
Recommended age: up to 5 years
Languages: Geramn, English
Compatibility: iPhone, iPad
© 2015 Denver MP GmbH, Berlin
SOUNDS AROUND
The pigs are rollicking in the mud, by the pond the frogs are croaking, the dragonflies and buzzing and the geese are quacking. Grandma gets a fright when the fire engine hurtles past. And is that dog taking a wee? SCOOP SCOOP, the mole is having fun, and up in the tree the birds are warbling a concert …
Soon you can take a walk on the farm, past the duck pond and into the park where the dogs are playing.
And Erik is also here again! He turns himself into a piglet, frog and fire engine, and even knows how a dung heap sounds!
But we’re not going to give away any more just yet …
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Play modes
Original animal sounds
Erik imitates the animal sounds
Erik tells you about the animals
Without sound, to make animal sounds yourself
Specifics
Recommended age: up to 5 years
Languages: Geramn, English
Compatibility: iPhone, iPad
© 2015 Denver MP GmbH, Berlin
SOUNDS AROUND
The bears are growling, the bees are buzzing, the fox is licking its chops and wants to catch a hare, the rain is pitter-pattering, the fish are jumping, YIPPEE! cry the flying squirrels, mummy and baby gorilla love each other, the sloth yawns – but hang on, what’s that dragon doing over there?
Soon you can take a walk in the forest!
Erik turns himself into a bee, bear and parrot, and even knows how a chameleon sounds! We can’t wait for our jungle adventure – can you?
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Play modes
Original animal sounds
Erik imitates the animal sounds
Erik tells you about the animals
Without sound, to make animal sounds yourself
Specifics
Recommended age: up to 5 years
Languages: Geramn, English
Compatibility: iPhone, iPad
© 2015 Denver MP GmbH, Berlin
SOUNDS AROUND
The dog joyfully greets the Eskimo child, the seal jumps YAP YAP! out of the hole in the ice, the polar-bear cubs frolic, the pirate ship fires off canons. But who will find the treasure? The waves lap the shore, an enormous whale swims past and sings, and the penguins somersault through the air, HURRAH!
Dive with us into the sea, from the icy polar waters to the coral reefs. We’ll even pass a crocodile and lots of flamingos!
And for this adventure, Erik has specially got himself a snorkel! He turns himself into a polar bear, flounder and flamingo, and even knows how a yellow submarine sounds!
There will be lots to see and hear!
Play modes
Original animal sounds
Erik imitates the animal sounds
Erik tells you about the animals
Without sound, to make animal sounds yourself
Specifics
Recommended age: up to 5 years
Languages: Geramn, English
Compatibility: iPhone, iPad
© 2015 Denver MP GmbH, Berlin
Look, this is how it works!
What you said, wrote and tweeted to us about SOUNDS AROUND:
“I think it’s nice that there’s an app for children featuring classic painting and not just 3D computer-generated animations. I also like the different play modes.” (Anja K.)
The best thing about the app are the wonderful illustrations. (Jan F.)
The Sounds Around app is similar to a picture book. The playing time is flexible, the animations are beautiful and funny. (Christian B.)
The drawing style of the Sounds Around app is brilliant, the sounds are great, and there are no over-the-top or hectic animations! (Jenny B.)
Dear Journalists,
here you will find further material that can be downloaded for free. If you need anything you can’t find here, please send us an email!
Appstore iPad & iPhone
SOUNDS AROUND Savannah and Prairie
SOUNDS AROUND Woods and Jungle
SOUNDS AROUND Town and Country
SOUNDS AROUND Water and Ice
Pictures
SOUNDS AROUND Savannah and Prairie - 5 pictures á 2048 × 1536px as zip-file
SOUNDS AROUND Savannah and Prairie - isolated images as zip-file
SOUNDS AROUND Woods and Jungle
SOUNDS AROUND Town and Country
SOUNDS AROUND Water and Ice
App Icon (Savannah and Prairie)
… for our own children:
Good apps without advertising and in-app purchases!
The producer Quentin Bruns
saw Kristina’s illustrations and said: We’ll make an app! But that isn’t as simple as it sounds. So Quentin rounded up some very talented friends to help.
The narrator Christian Bahrmann
is the superstar of German kids’ TV who loves getting up to nonsense. He can be seen all the time on the KIKA children’s channel on ARD and ZDF.
The driving force Julia Kuhnert
is like a circus director who ensures that everyone performs their tricks at the right time.
The App Manufaktur was responsible for the technical implementation
of the app. Luckily! Otherwise there would be no app!
The animator Alex Pierschel
likes to monkey around himself, so that he knows how to move the monkey in the picture.
The sound designer Michael Stapper
can recreate all kinds of noises on the computer, even a fart!
The musician and painter Erik Hibbert
spoke English and sang his heart out for the app. He’s in tune with emotions big and small. Listen to his songs:
The illustrator Kristina Heldmann
is a real artist who painted the vibrant panorama pictures on paper in her distinctive breezy style. Take a look at some of her illustrations, e.g. for the magazine “Eltern”
©Meike Bergmann
to Klaus for his legendary post-it board! www.klaus-ulbricht.de
to Markus for his PR consulting www.spacedealer.de
to Anja for programming the website www.adamisagirl.com
to Markus for the marvellous trailer www.adrian-film.com
to Mark for his atelier www.captivation.de
to Nadine for the very first concept
to Doris for help in getting started www.logolotte.de
to Katrin, to be on hand with help and advice for us www.katrinfuncke.de
to Tanja for graphic designs
to Antje for letting us occupy her apartment to do voice recordings www.antjeehlert.blogspot.de
to Friederike for the texts
to Gemma and Jenny (www.transfiction.eu) for translating
to Martin for his precious time www.mustard-berlin.com
to Arina and Seumas for cultural input www.seumassargent.com
and to all of you, who took part in our market research and to all who have been on hand with help and advice for us.
and to the Mediaboard Berlin-Brandenburg for funding the project. www.medienboard.de
We look forward to receiving your mail! Criticism helps us to improve, and praise makes us happy!
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